Would this be wise to invest in?

Braxton619

Braxton619

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jul 2008

A/W

Ok I was thinking to myself... it would be so nice to have all skills unlocked on my account. Well... I already have a lot of them unlocked and whats annoying is when you make your heroes new builds and they don't have the skills. Should I just go ahead and purchase every skill to unlock it? I want to get your opinions about this before I do this. Thanks!

What I mean is buying it for platinum.

Covah

Forge Runner

Join Date: Aug 2006

Ontario, Canada

Catching Jellyfish With [소N트T ]

Me/Rt

Do you mean buying all the skills from trainers in the game? or buying it for $5 or w/e from the store.

Buy it from the store if you can its alot faster if you don't have money+ skill points or don't pvp alot.

Yawgmoth

Yawgmoth

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Apr 2005

Are you that extremelly lazy/lame to pay for unlocks? Seriously, if you find yourself sometimes missing a skill here or there just buy the skill in game. No player NEEDS all unlocks at the same time, a wise player is just prepared to get individual skills when needed. If you play PvP try to always keep some faction to be able to unlock any missing skills right when you need them, just don't spend all the faction.

Still Number One

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jun 2008

W/

Quote:
Originally Posted by Yawgmoth View Post
If you play PvP try to always keep some faction to be able to unlock any missing skills right when you need them, just don't spend all the faction.
If you play PvP (seriously, not just RA,FA,JQ,AB) then you should be UaX or pretty damn close to it.

Norm0

Academy Page

Join Date: Mar 2008

This is my view, for skills that tomes cost are pricey. Like especially monk, rit, and even necro and ele .. I'd buy them, you spend 1k and it unlocks it and you gain it on that character, versus unlocking it with balth and a tome. To me 1k balth = 1k in gold. A zkey costs 5k balth and sells for 5k gold. So 1k balth = 1k gold. If you have a monk, rit, etc, just buy the skills from a trainer. Now for skills in which tomes are very cheap, such as sin, warrior, mesmer, ranger, etc.. If you dont have one of those characters I would just use balth faction and unlock them with a tome when needed. If you do zaishen elite daily, and do some JQ/FA or alot of other pvp you can earn balth pretty easy.. But again, 1k balth does = 1k gold essentially.. So if you have the skill points just flat out buying them is the cheapest way. Lastly, using flames of balthazaar is a total waste of money. Seriously, i think people who buy them are either too lazy or have to be super rich because a zaishen elite run is a super quick way of making a 6k balth a day. IF your talking about straight out buying them from the store with real money, u can if you got the dough but personally I have a sense of pride I unlocked everything on my own. Anyway my 2 cents,

Highlander Of Alba

Highlander Of Alba

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jan 2007

Real Rogue Clan

Rt/Mo

Or,

If you have a char thats did the game and the skills are for heroes then

Just change your secondary to the elite skill you wish for the hero and go cap it.##

Cost 1k....if its a non prof char then add another 500 for secondary change

Sir Baddock

Sir Baddock

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jan 2007

Canada

Endemic Warfare

W/

Just Capture / Buy everything, I unlocked all of the skills (Excluding a total of 2 mesmer skills) by PvPing and using my Balthazar Faction (long before zkeys).

Oleg

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Mar 2008

The Apologetti

W/

If you just want the skills for your heroes and you're using PvX builds buying the unlock pack would probably be the easiest and quickest way. If you want to know how the skills work and make your own builds I'd suggest buying them form a skill trainer. When they're costing you 1K a pop (as they will before long) you'll take notice of what they do before you buy them.

I'm a big fan of playing the game and not taking huge shortcuts. The unlock pack is just a shortcut. If you're happy with that go for it.

Rocky Raccoon

Rocky Raccoon

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jan 2007

Massachusetts, USA

Guardians of the Cosmos

R/Mo

It's a game where you play to unlock these things, esp, in PvE. I have only ever paid for non essential items in any games I have played.